The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-05

making Florida a winter resort, the Africo:
Americans held numerous and large t 1ia ts OF
own owl 'S property that an oSscuro wit divided The
land olaoMers Int two parts d 9p Vod part The he
Sss n nc Tss for ' ssitps III he could
SSi S be s sS1ssSsS IL s hso sna who bs
sW Ct SrSerns ss ps1sS oo snsS
| their millions In that section times nave
ehangend and tho have so Sha tn fSa
milionaires for what they commonly called
big money, but there are some few wise
heads WIZ t retain valuable proPey whe e
ct nrs e by bc e AND %hs
40 eD W ivy ho' S
wealth 9f the negroes in the state y eStiW q
az s9member Of onsrssss 81 hachua county
Il the owner OF large truck farm that brings
R% e. s56S & N Harden RsF annS s
Samuel Petty 81 Fernandina is worth 100000.
Mrs ns and d
9 score or more Of others whose wealth ranges
brother af IN black .hS s5S5SoS 4msps the heavy
assy q Ms 4 s ued N ssfss sas
srs sn9 Mr. o9 lynch SheGSs and is s
|
In tho city of New Orleans. according to SEN
ator Allaip wealthy gentleman q African ahd can
%orh Of t proPsry IN Se city and s5
IN the State Ionic Lai 96 a. Freneh ahadrooE
millionaire of African lineage on record Tho
100000. They paid 9 little over yoar ago
Canal and Burgundy streets, which they trans
formed into their present mammoth store. Ihe
10000. Iristides Maries il worth 1000, and
pr whG takSf eSSTt e2th al IN
ta TAX ns sstablish E Sf in New oreans *
worth a quarter of a million. He recently paid
$4,000 for famous race horse. Ut,
100000 each. ten whose wealth Is from s25,:
600 to 100000 each and more than hundred
Shh Se av Fansk 5p to
81 land, so head '9f horses and mules, and 40
Bagey of GAINESVILLE. a, cotton, ginner, owns
$40 acres Of land, 20 head Of mules and horses.
Woman i in Dallas ff ho phi Thompson s' Who con-
real estate oee L worth $4,000
en-. sSSo :SSSS sssS
North s7PSo a9f His i've stoss Is VsISsd 4 sg
mt the s" a own oh Is es q
ing y $1,000 and i IS said that MI Mr. Jones
ca AnSh sFs ms instance business
tact is revealed In the career , Of NJ "; Gibbs,
Arkansas. In 1852 he esta blished a boot and
shoe business In California; in 1929 ne opened
tie the SffN Bay cempany oE''
Island; in 1868 he built railroad wharyes in
Queen Charlotte county for an N E ERRglish e2a
iego and at the age Of IA settled in Little Rock,
Ark. Here, he became attorney for, Pulaski
has been Register OF tho Land Ofllce during
tWo IresIdentiai terms and is now resting @dh on
In Missouri the handsomest barber shop in
the world is run by a widow Mrs. james
Thomas who lives sin IL ST. Louis. and Is said to
contractor ma builder, does an annual bust.
ness Of $4,000 Of Kansas City. a sppeeula,t!ng
600. Many productive farms are owned by nc.
grocs aonethe Missouri River. in the central
In Tennessee there is a colored man named
| Levi; Winters who is q Wholesale produce and
shipping merchant. He owns a large hall, q
sio oS %'' He lives lives in Nashville I negro e firm
Of boot and shoe man N MaG n the same
worth Wort si0o.oGo: they employ both blaek and
white help There is also the firm Of Harding
GoaSes Richard Early, broom mi manufaetur.
ers, own, property valued at 100000, In the
S city of MemPhIs S5 r Church. real estate
nE"S .hat s anS $50 Ss Ssss
tThe firm Of Page Pa Ysney ( Co CO; = Louisville,
The most remarkable business man In Cleve-
land is Daniel Souls. He is said to have made
thTy-iour trips across the sentiment BY rail-
estates and prosecute legal claims growing out
Of real estate transaetionss. He is worth s25o,-
Bank Of Findiay. Is worth si5So6S. Mr. II, i.
he also peddied milk, and the result Is siooo6o
to his'credit. william Boyd IN Ice dealer Mt
one time With he q II Rs tow rpes Mhe
has 900 inhabitants.
W,Q.Atwood of Sag inaw,, Mich. is q success
sess"sns ~ Ter si9oSS
ness, and is worth. 100000. including we'll
stocked farm in Michigan. John Jones and
Gsdat there ra w9F@ San
%hese Wealth Is estimaed at s75o9o each. f II
seher 56SSS IN sH Basis if campbe ST.
hsss ss s'fs %9rh se to
Mary Peasants has an income from eight
h9gs m San r11S Sc ranch ad
Mrs, Peggy Breeden Of Marysvllle owns a
ranch, and has bank account OF $4,000
Hence. we SEQ the negro race, since tho bless
ing OF liberty compelled the members thereof,
not becn idle. It is remarkable and withai
a credttable fact that out of tho mass Of rich
negro business men only one liquor merchant
| is found, and he does not engage In the traffic
solely as business 1t will be readily seen
that the Africo- Americans In the South arc
more thrifty, industrious, and Weather than
| the sable citizens Of the North. who had many
years start in the race of life In consequence OF
the early abolition of slavery in the North.
The reader may ask, How is uisr', The an.
has an equal chance in the race Of life. He Is
10 exercise his skill, whereas in the North he
Is barred from the path OF skilled industry.
serving at tables and ,whitewashing, he is un-
able to make enough to lay by, Very few ne
| grocs were made rich by emigrating North.
| The minority OF those who hold property came
! from the South with II little cash, which they
many Of those who came .penniless in search
of wealth are stil poor. II the avenues of in
| tho North to black and white alike there would